Shortblock assembly

[destruckeclipse]

dude to be honest 300 bones doesn't sound that much for peace of mind, knowing that ## block it put together the right way.

Oh man for sure. Even building my 420A was such a pain in the ass I would just pay some one to do it, and have some one to blame if it breaks

 

[BGizzlePatrick]

See i will have some1 fit the piston ringd for me and i think the rest wont be that bad if i take my time and measure the clearances.
Anyway since the last post my gst got broken into and i am buying a gsx right now.

 

[bullettdsm]

Anyway since the last post my gst got broken into and i am buying a gsx right now.

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[wolf20043]

OK, today i have been looking at the balance shaft elimination kit...... it came with one small plug that looks like the nose from the balance shaft, 1 big plug (looks like a huge freeze plug), a small plug (looks like a freeze plug is same size too), and a ring like plug. I got the motor bare so i never saw any balance shafts in it and the old motor i have here had them broken so they where out and lost before i got the block. So my question is, am i mistaken? because i thought our motors came with 2 balance shafts.... one is in the lower right by where the oilpump goes and one in the upper left. looking inside the motor i see 2 spots for the shaft bearings on the upper balance shaft. The big freeze plug like plug fits in there and would cover the hole alltogether. Then about half way down there is the other spot for a bearing and it has what looks to me like an oil feed hole in it. The ring like plug fits in there and covers that hole. So i think i got the upper balance shaft taken care of. However I still have the small freezplug like plug and the plug that looks like the balanceshaft nose. My quesion is where do those go?

The smaller freeze plug goes in the front cover where the balance shaft belt spocket used to be at the top. The stubby shaft will bolt to the oil pump just like a balace shaft. There is no need for an inside bearing as the balance shaft had a n oil feed going through the shaft and no oil feed in there. And dont forget the little plug that covers ths stubby shaft bolt in the front case or you will have a major oil leak.
Mike